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呂

呂 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 背骨。
  2. 音律。
  3. 地名（夏代から周代にかけ存在した国）、それから派生した姓。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。重ねた金属のインゴットを象る。ある種の金属を意味する漢語｛鑪/鋁｝を表す字。のち仮借して「音律」を意味する漢語｛呂｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

spine, backbone

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ロJHS
  • リョ
Kun (native)
  • せぼね
Nanori (used in names)
  • とも
  • なが
Other languages
  • 拼音lu:3
  • 한글ryeo
  • Hán-ViệtLữ
  • Hán-ViệtLã

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5442

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿳口丿口

Words using this kanji

  • 呂りょbass range (in Japanese music), six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale, Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
  • 呂律ろれつ言葉の調子。 物を言うときの調子。articulation
  • 呂旋りょせんJapanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode
  • 呂宋ルソンLuzon (Philippines)
  • 呂旋法りょせんぽうJapanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-4
Four Corner
6060.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d4.16
Heisig
24
Nelson
891